Selections:
#6 - Invincible Caviar - $4.40
#7 - Katsu - $1.85
#4 - Taunting (ROUGHIE OF THE DAY) - $7.00
#3 - Sartorial Splendor - $12.00
BEST BET - #6 - Invincible Caviar
It may be a case of just how good Invincible Caviar is, the son of Black Caviar has had four wins in six career starts with one of those starts being a race he was completely eased out of due to injury and comes back here now for a first up run after 23 weeks, won in his debut prep first up, wins strongly and never races badly. His splits that he has clocked so far averaged across all races see him very good for this, draws barrier two and as long as he doesn’t get crowded out I think he can be too classy for these.
THE DANGER - #7 - Katsu
Obvious danger / leading contender on paper in this race is the Grahame Begg trained Katsu who is going to be a black type horse for a while at the rate he is going. He was a dominant winner when fresh at sale and then came to this part of the Sandown course on a wet track where he didn’t love the conditions but was still far too good for them and class got him home. Forecast to have his toe back on top of the ground and he could thrash these without surprising.
VALUE BET - #4 - Taunting (ROUGHIE OF THE DAY)
If Taunting shows up he will be very competitive here. The Hickmott trained Gelding has been gently given time between runs this prep and comes into this off the back of the Wangoom at The Bool where he couldn’t really get going in the mud behind Outlaws Revenge but still showed his heart there when fighting to the line regardless. He gets back on top of the ground now which is positive, should be very fit and in tune and has contested harder races than this, this campaign.